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THBPre-Contact Hawaiian Wood Net Weaving Tools (9 pcs)
Lot 81a
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- Lot Description
Polynesia, Hawaii, late Pre-Contact period, ca. 16th to 17th century CE. A fine, rare collection of 9 tools used for weaving fishing nets, each made of a dark hardwood, with several different shapes represented: some with hooked ends, some more like needles. In the pre-contact period, Hawaiians favored net fishing over any other method, using them both on shore and from canoes. They made them from olona plant fibers. This practice continued throughout the 20th century and there are still a few traditional net makers working today! All are displayed within a wooden shadow box with a glass front. Size of largest: 0.4" W x 7.6" H (1 cm x 19.3 cm); size of shadow box: 12" W x 8.1" H (30.5 cm x 20.6 cm)
One account on Hawaiihistory.org is from Robert Punihaole, who recorded traveling with his uncle along the Kona coast, gathering materials to make nets: "We went to Kealakekua to gather olona to make the nets. My uncle then would go mauka, gather the olona, and bring it home. They would ihi [strip] the bark, ho'opulu [soak] it, ho'omalo'o [dry] it, then kahi [comb] it on a long board to draw out the fine fibers, and then koe [separate] the fibers. They then would make poka'a [balls] about twelve or more inches in diameter, and then there were two mea wili [twiners] which they would spin to wili aho [make the rope] for the fishing and net lines."
Provenance: ex-private Maui, Hawaii, USA collection
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#150479All are weathered, with rich patina. Some have some small losses from their peripheries.Condition
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